In an insightful cover article for America magazine, Gregory M. Kennedy, S.J., examines the culture of disposable consumption that pervades modern life in the industrialized world. In Trash Talk, A Christian response to our throwaway society, Kennedy reflects on how consumption is at the heart of climate change. Developed countries such as the United States consume far more of the world's resources than developing nations. And much of this is, quite literally, trash. Read more...